Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Chain Orthopedics LLC is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action, which is located in 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a specific and narrow focus for the company's current patent prosecution efforts. The placement in a specific art unit suggests that the company's medical device innovations are being reviewed by a consistent group of examiners with expertise in mechanical engineering.
The pending matter is assigned to a distinct examiner, DONG, LIANG. As the busiest examiner for the company, DONG, LIANG is responsible for the pending action. This examiner handles the entirety of the company's current pending workload. Consequently, the company's immediate patent strategy is centered on a dialogue with this examiner. Practitioners must address the specific technical concerns and procedural requirements of DONG, LIANG to advance the company's position in the medical device sector. This focused interaction provides an opportunity to build a clear understanding of the examiner's expectations.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONG, LIANG | 2 | 53.2% | +32.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18820502 | Chain Saws, Components for Chain Saws, and Systems for Operating Saws | DONG, LIANG | — |
| 18761735 | Devices With Cutting Chains and Link Configurations | DONG, LIANG | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18820502 | Chain Saws, Components for Chain Saws, and Systems for Operating Saws | DONG, LIANG | — |
| 18761735 | Devices With Cutting Chains and Link Configurations | DONG, LIANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18820502 | Chain Saws, Components for Chain Saws, and Systems for Operating Saws | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18761735 | Devices With Cutting Chains and Link Configurations | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
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